Luggage-carrier



H. G. VOIGHT.

'LUGGAGE CARRIER.

- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10. 1920.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921 .L 0 t m V m HENRY G. VOIGHT, O3? NEWHAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed December 10, 1920. Serial No. 429,613.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. Vorenr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Haven, New Haven county, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Luggage-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a device intended as an attachment for the running board of an auto-mobile.

The main object is to provide a simple and compact device which may be readily adjusted to accommodate different sizes of packages. Another object is to provide a device which will hold a package or bags securely and prevent them from sliding and shifting about or being thrown out. Another object is to provide a construction which will hold a bag or package centrally without scratching or marring the sides.

In the preferred form the device has two resilient end members, which are horizontally bowed and provided with means for clamping them to the running board of the vehicle. These end members are connected together by take-up means, which are ad justable, so as to draw the end members toward each other and which also serve as sides for .the carrier.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of construction embodying my invention with one form of take-up device; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing another form of take-up device.

The two end members are substantially identical, except that they are reversed, that is, right and left handed and constructed to face toward each other. Since the end members correspond I will describe only one in detail. The'member at the left has a base piece 6, adapted to rest on the running board; 8 is a lower return member carrying a clamping device 9 for engaging the under side of the running board. An upright 10 is secured to each end of the base 6 by riveting, welding, or in any other suitable manner, and each upright 10 is provided for this purpose with a foot 11. The upper ends of the uprights 10-10 are connected by a curved top band 12, which preferably has a forwardly-extending ear 18 on each end projecting toward the opposite end member. I also prefer to provide one or more uprights, such as 14, intermediate the uprights 10, 10, and also an additional band are applied to the running board so that the concave sides face each other when they are in place on the running board. The corresponding parts of the other end member are indicated by the numerals 6 10, 11, 12', 13, 14 and l5"respectively.

The lugs 13 and 16 are connected to the opposite lugs 13' and 16 on the other end member by a suitable tension member. In the constructionshown in Fig. 1, arms '17 and 17 are hinged to the lugs 13 and 13, and arms 18 and 18 are hinged to the lug 16 and 16, so that they are adapted to be folded up for packing purposes and also adapted to be spread outwardly for connection, as shown in Fig. 1 or otherwise. A turnbuckle 19 may be provided as one suitable form of take up means, said buckle having screw members 20 and 20 terminating in rings or eyes 21 and 21. Hooks or links 22 and 23 connect the eye 21 with the arms 17 and 18, the arms being preferably provided with a series of'slots, such as 24 and 25, to receive the ends of the link and to provide for adjustment.

To adjust the construction the end members are slipped in place on the running board at approximately the desired position and secured loosely in place. The bag or package to be carried is then placed between the end members and the turnbuckles tightened up so as to draw the end members toward each other and grip the bag or pack age firmly on its opposite ends. The clamps 9 and 9 on the bottom are then tightened up so as to hold the construction on the running board.

In the form shown in Fig. 2 I have pro vided take up straps, such as 26, 27, 28 and 529, with adjustable buckles or other fasten ing devices, such as 30, so that the end members may be drawn toward each other to the desired position.

In both forms of construction-it will be seen that if an ordinary bag or suit case is placed in the carrier, its ends will rest upon the base pieces 6 and thus tend to assist in holding the construction down on the run ning board. The end bars 12 and 12, and 15 and 15 being horizontally bowed tend to engage only the corners of the bag or case, and leave the ends and sides entirely free,

and therefore without danger 0t being scratched or marred, as commonly occurs with ordinary types of luggage carriers.

Both forms of construction herein shown have their advantages; for instance, the form shown in Fig. 1 permits the simultaneous adjustment of both sides of: the device at the same time, one turnbuckle being operated by one hand and the other by the other hand. The other form make it possible to secure the end members to the running board with the straps unbuckled, so that the luggage can be placed in position, with covering, if desired. The straps can then be tightened up so as to hold the luggage and the covering in place. The use of straps in place or rigid turn buckles also permits the placing of articles within the carrier which in the center are wider than the running board, the yielding side strap permitting such overhang.

The setting back or bowing of the two ends of the carrier have the effector centralizing the luggage therebetween, for example, assuming' a single dress suit-case is to be carried, the thickness of the case being less than the full width or" the end pieces, when such a case is put in position between the bowed end pieces and the latter are tightened up, it is obvious that the case will be centralized and held against lateral shifting.

I claim:

1. A luggage carrier comprising, two independent horizontally bowed resilient end pieces and means for clamping the same to a running board of a vehicle.

2. A luggage carriercomprising, two independent horizontally bowed resilient end pieces, means for clamping the same to the running board of a vehicle, and adjustable tensioning members for connecting the ends of said end pieces at the opposite sides of said carrier.

3. A luggage carrier comprising, two independent end members each consisting of a base member, uprights secured thereto, and horizontally bowed resilient bands extending beyond the base member, and means for connecting said end members.

4:. In a luggage carrier, two separate end members each comprising, a base, a clamp on the underside thereof, uprights on the top side thereof and a bowed band connecting the upper ends of said uprights and having forwardly projecting lugs, the lugs on one of said end members facing the lugs on the other end member, and adjustable connecting means connected to said lugs on the opposite sides of said carrier.

5. As an article of manufacture, an end member for a luggage carrier comprising a base, a clamp theretonuprights having angularly disposed i'eet secured to the opposite ends of said base, and a horizontally bowed band connecting the upper ends of said uprights. r

6. As an article of manufacture, an end member for a luggage carrier, comprising a base, a clamp carried thereby, three uprights secured to aid base, a horizontally bowed band connecting the upper ends of said up rights, and a horizontally bowed band connecting the lower ends of said uprights.

7. In a luggage carrier, two end members with means for securing the same independently and adjustably to the running board of a vehicle, a pair oi side arms hinged to each side of each end member, and adjustable side connectingmeans for each side of said carrier connected with said sidev arms.

8. A luggage carrier comprising two end members, an arm extending from each end member toward the other end member, each arm having a plurality of slots, and a tension device including links adapted to be detachably engaged in any of said slots.

' 9. A luggage carrier, comprising two end members with means for securing the same to a platform support at different sp ced relations, means at the opposite sides of said end members for receiving tensioning means for drawing said end memberstoward each other, and including two side links at each side of each end member, one of said side links being slotted for adjustment purposes.

10. A luggage carrier, comprising two end member with means for securing the same to a platform support at different spaced relations, means at the opposite sides of said end members for receiving tensioning means for drawing said end members toward each other, the intermediate portion of said end members being bowed back to centralize the luggage engageme nt HENRY G. VOTGHT. 

